Milk-pail cover.



J. LUNDGAARD. MILK PAIfFGOVER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1912. f

1,031,015. Patented July 2, 1912.

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.rorm' LUNDGAARD, or s'r. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

MILK-PAH; oovnn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 20, 1912.

Patented July 2, 1912. Serial No. 685,110.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LUNDGAARD, a citizen of the United States,residing atv St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented a new and useful Milk-Pail Cover, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to sanitary milk pail covers, and the object is toprovide a milk pail cover which 'will fit several sizes of ordinary milkpails, and through which the milk will be strained while passing intothe pail and may then be poured out of the pail without removal of thecover and without the expense of providing the pail with a spout.

In the accompanying drawing,--Figure 1 is a top view of a milk pailprovided with my improved cover. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the pailand cover shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View on theline w-a Fig. 1. g

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 4 designates an ordinarymilk pail having ears 5 wit-h a bail 6 therein. Said pail I provide witha cover 7, which may be plane, or it may be bulged upward some towardthemiddle.

Upon the middle of the cover is provided an annular guard8, .withinwhich the cover the cover may have a large central opening with astrainer fixed therein; or, the guard 8 may have a strainer for itsbottom over the opening in the cover.

The cover is provided with two diametrically opposite notches, 10 forthe ears 5 of the pail to engage in and aid in keeping the cover incentral position on the pail. One of said notches is open not onlyoutward but also laterally as indicated at 11; said lateral opening isclosed by a flap 12 which is hinged at 13 to the cover.

Between the notches 5 an edge portion 14 of the coverforms a lid that ishinged at 15, so it may fold upward and backward, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2, until a stud 14* touches the main cover and holds thelid in such a position that it may readily be taken hold of again inclosing it.

The edges of the cover are stifi'ened by an inlaid wire 16, shown inFig. 3, similar to the wire 17 in the edge of the pail. At 18 in saidFig; 3 is indicated that, when as a matter of economy the same cover isused on pails of difl erent sizes, the pails will extend more or lessoutward under the cover, and as this will bring the pail ears of thesmaller sized pails quite close to the bottom of the notches 10, theflap 12 must be raised in placing the cover on the pail and in removingit therefrom. The flap also facilitates the removal and replacing ofthe-cover on larger pails; and for the smallest size of milk pails itwill be well to have a similar flap at 12 in Fig. 1.

In the use of the device, the cover is placed on the pail and themilking is done into the strainer guard S, the milk is thus strainedwhile passing into the pail, and when the milk is to be poured out thelid 14 is raised and the pail leaned over so the milk will run lqlt atthe opening normally closed by the Milk from other vessels may also bestrained by pouring it down through the strainer 9 and then out of thepail 4, but themain object is to keep the milk covered from germs, dustand dirt during the process of milking and as long as possiblethereafter.

What-J claim is i 1. A milk pail cover having a central strainer with aguard about it and two diametrically opposite notches forthe ears of themilk pail, one of said notches having at one side a hinged flap adaptedto be raised in placing or removing the cover.

2. A milk pail cover having a central strainer with a guard about it andtwo diametrically opposite notches for the ears of the milk pail, andbetween said notch sa hinged portion adapted to be raised in po ir ingout milk from the pail.

3. A milk pail cover having'a' central strainer with a guard about itand two diametrically opposite notches for the ears of the milk pail,said cover adapted to rest upon a pail and project more or less beyondthe same according to the size of the pail.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LUNDGAARD. Witnesses A. M. CARLsEN, THEODORE SANDER.

